Vanity box for carrying loose face powder



July 29, 1930. L. P. DICKEY 1,771,403

VANITY BOX FOR CARRYING LOOSE FACE POWDER Filed Sept. 16, 1929 INVENTOR .1 all/Mae 1 fi/Mqy Patented July 29, 1930 UNITED, STATES PATE -orifice, I

. LAURENCE P. nroxn OF MOUNTAIN LAKES, ivnwcnnsnir, nssionon 'ro AUGUST GOERTZ & (70., INC., A CORPORATION OF NEW J'ERSEY Application filed September 16, 1929. Serial No. 392,829.

This invention relates to improvements in vanity boxes of the type adapted to carry loose powder.

The invention has'for itsprincipal object to provide, in a vanity box, a novel construction of loose powder compartment and closure therefor, whereby undesired sifting out of the powder is normally prevented, and yet whereby desired ejection of small quantities of the powder is readily attained, at the will of the user, by a simple manipulation of the closure. i

The invention has for a further object to provide a simple self-closing loose powder compartment structure, wherein the closing element is related to-the underside of the upper wall of the compartment by a pivotal connection therewith, and its free end perma-. nently engaged by a spring-tongue tending to yieldably hold the same inclosed relation to an opening in said compartment wall, all

, whereby a slight tapping on the closing element tends to oscillate the same so that small quantities of powder may escape around the margins thereof and onto the upper side of said upper wall of the compartment, to be thereupon accessible for use. i The invention hasfor another object to provide a loose powder compartment in which the upper wall section, carrying the powder ejection opening and closing element therefor, is removable to expose the interior of the compartment powder content.

Other objects of this invention not at this time more particularly enumerated, will be clearly understood from the following detailed description ofthe same. I

An illustrative embodiment of the invention is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which H Figure 1 is a plan view of a vanity boxin open condition, the same being made 1 according to and embodying the principles of this invention; Figure 2 is a longitudinal vertical section, drawn on a larger scale, taken on line 22 in said Figure 1 and Figure'8 is an underside view of the removable top wall of the loose powder compa'rt ment, said view showingthe, manipulat'able for replenishing the closure for the thereof.

- S1m1lar characters of. reference are employedinall of the hereinabove described views,to indicate corresponding parts. 1

Referring to, the said drawings, the reference characters 5and 6 respectively indicate the sections of a vanity box or case, hingedly connected byfthe hinge structure 7 so the same may be closed'one upon the compartment. ,Said shell or frame includes an upwardly extending annular flange 10, formed at its upper margin with an oif-set annular-shoulder 11, thus providing an annular seat 12 forpurposes subsequentl referred to. I-ntegralwith and extending liorizontally from said shoulder 11 is a top flange 13, the periphery of which conforms to the interior sides of thebody section 5 Within which the shell or frame9 is inserted in suitablyfixed relation thereto. While I have shown the shellor frame 9 with a bottom portion overlying the inner face of the'body section 5, it will be obvious that such part may be omitted and the flange IOarranged with its lower margin abutting the inner face of the body section 5. In either case said flange 10 defines a compartment 14 in which loose owder, may be carried.

Said pow er compartment 14: is normally closed by a removably attached upper wall section or top-plate15. This top plate 15 is formed Witha marginal outwardly project-ing bead16 from which extends a downwardly projecting-inwardly oif set annular flange 17; "When said top-plate 15 "is in place, the annular flange 17 frictionally tele-' scopes into the flange 10 of the fixed compowder ejection opening pertinent defining shell or frame 9, and with the bead 16 seated in the seat 12,.thus not only removably relatin I the shell or frame but a so providing a tight said top plate to juncture between said parts to prevent sifting of the loose powder out of the compartment 14 at such points.

Said top plate 15 is provided in its body portion with an opening 18. Bordering one side or end of said opening,. and preferably formed integral with-said top. plate body'is a tubular hingeknuckle 19 projecting from the under side of said top plate. The referenc'e'chara'cter 20 indi'cates'a closure element preferably in the form of a fiat plate. This closure element is provided at one side orend with spaced hinge knuckles 21*for alignment With said hinge knuckle 19, whereby a pintle 22 may be extended through the thus aligned knuckles to thereby pivotally relate said 010- sure element to the under side of said top plate15. Said closure element. is'of an'area exceeding that of the opening 18 of the top plate, so as to normally close said opening 18 when pressed upwardly against the underside of said top-plate. To yieldably retain the closure element in closed relation to said opening 18 of the topplate a spring finger23 having base-portion 24;. is provided. The base portion 24; is fixed tothe under side of said top-plate 15, by a rivet 25 Or any other-suitable formof fastening means, preferably in a position adjacent to the free endportion of said closure element, so that the free end of said spring finger'23 maybear yieldably against the underside of said closure element to. normally thrust the same upwardly againstthe underside of said top plate and into closed relation to the, opening 18thereof. 7 7

When the powder compartment '14; is provided with-its loose powder-content, and the top plate 15 assembled with the shell or frame of said compartment, the'powder is adequately retained against undesired escape or sifting out,.whi1e the vanity bOXfiSCaIIIlQCl about by the user. When the user desires to obtain an application of powder, the vanity box is opened, whereupon the user taps with the finger on the upper side of the closure element 20, where the same is exposed through the opening 18 of the top plate. This tapping actioncauses an oscillation of the closure element on its pivotalconnection to which the spring finger 23 yields, and'consequently the' movement thus produced, although of small amplitude, causes a displacement of the powder 'sufii'cient to permit a small quantity thereofto escapearound the interstices thus opened-between the margins ofthe closure element'QO and the margins of the opening '18. The' powder thus ejected deposits. itself on the upper or outer side of the. top-plate an'd its. closure element so {as to be accessible for use,'and consequently may lie-taken, up by meansofa putl or'other applicatorand used asdesired. Froi rrthe above description,'it -w-i'll 'be obvious that the ipresentinvention -proviiiles a loose powder compartment structure for vanity boxes, which is of a very simple character, which comprises but few parts, and which is very easy of manipulation for the release of small quantities of powder and yet normally effective to retain the powder content against undesired escape.

The top plate 15 is easily removable from the shell or frame of the powder compartment', whenit becomes necessary to replenish the latter. To render easy the removal of the top-platel5, a notch 26 may be provided in its periphery for the insertion of any sharp pointed instrument to assist prying the same out of the shell or frame.

.As many changes could be made in the above described constructions and many apparently widely different embodiments .of this invention could be made withoutdeparting frointhe scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense. 1

l/Vhat is claimed is 1. In a vanity box, a powder holding compartment, a top plate to normally close said compartment, said top plate having an opening inits body, a pivoted closure element-at the underside of said top-plate to close its opening, and spring means fixed on said topplate to engage the closure element so as to yieldably retain the same in closed position.

2. In a vanity box, means to define a loose powder compartment fixed within asection of said box, said means'having an annular outwardly ofl'-set seat portion around the mouth of said compartment, a top-plate frictionally engaged with said compartment defining means so as to be removable therefrom, said top-plate having 'an annular marginal bead receivable in said seat portion, said topplate having an opening in its body, a pivoted closure element at the underside of said topplate to close its opening, and spring means fixed on said top-plate to engage said closure element so as to yieldably retain the same in closed position.

3. In a vanity box, a frame fixed within a section of said box having an upstanding flange to define the sides of a loose powder compartment therein, a top-plate having a marginal flange to frictionally telescopeinto said first'inentioned flange to remov'ably'retain said top-plate in assembled relation to said powder compartment, said top-plate h-av ing an openingin the body thereof, af-pivotedclo'su're element at the underside ofsaid top-plate to close its opening, and a leaf spring member fixed toth'e underside of said top-plate to bear upwardly ont'he free end an opening in its body, a pivoted closure element at the underside of said top-plate to close its opening, and means cooperative With I the free end portion of said closure element to yieldably retain the same in said closed position.

5. A top-plate for loose powder compartments of vanity boxes, said top-plate having an opening in its body, a pivoted closure element at the underside of said top-plate to close its opening, and a leaf spring member fixed to the underside of said top-plate to bear upwardly on the free end of said closure element to yieldably retain the same in closed position.

In testimony, that I claim the invention set forth above I have hereunto set my hand this 13th day of September, 1929.

LAURENCE P. DIOKEY. 

